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Star Trek

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.May.09] :. The much-anticipated movie reintroduces all the characters from the franchise’s first iteration, but its most intense and rewarding focus is friendship between Kirk and Spock.

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A Shortage of Villainy

by Chris Barsanti

[7.May.09] :. While director Abrams' handling of Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman's propulsive screenplay is sleek and spiffy, to say the least, it ultimately hews far closer to his television work than might have been wise for a big-screen reboot.

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Meet the cast and crew of ‘Star Trek’

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[7.May.09] :. Here’s a quick look at the “Star Trek” crew. James T. Kirk Played by: Chris Pine Originally played by: William Shatner You know Pine from: “Bottle Shock,”...

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Changing of the guard: Zachary Quinto takes over the role of Spock in ‘Star Trek’

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[7.May.09] :. LOS ANGELES — There was a time, not long after the original run of the television series “Star Trek,” when Leonard Nimoy tried to distance himself from the show. He had played many...

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Karl Urban fleshes out a younger Bones in ‘Star Trek’

by Robert W. Butler [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[6.May.09] :. For several years now, New Zealand-born Karl Urban has been the guy filmmakers turned to if a character had to ride a horse, chuck a spear or run through the forest primeval in a breechcloth. In the...

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New ‘Trek’ Should Live Long and Prosper

by Bill Gibron

[5.May.09] :. Talk about questionable prospects! Who could ever imagine that Paramount, preservers of Gene Roddenberry’s seminal Star Trek empire, would mount a massive reboot of the series, an...

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As Captain Kirk in the new ‘Star Trek’ film, actor has a big uniform to fill

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[5.May.09] :. LOS ANGELES - Chris Pine’s life will never be the same. He’s been a working actor for the past half decade, with credits that range from a guest appearance on “ER” to a...

 

Retracing My ‘Trek’ Steps

by Bill Gibron

[4.May.09] :. It started with a sign. Strike that, with a bumper sticker. Everyday, as I walked to school, I would pass the house at the end of our street and see the familiar message straddled across the back...

 

‘Star Trek’ journey boldly starts anew

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[4.May.09] :. Faran Tahir was just a boy when it happened, but he distinctly remembers that his younger brother was born on a Thursday. “My big fear was that he would be born on Thursday,” Tahir, now...

 

Summer of Same: August 2009

by Bill Gibron

[30.Apr.09] :. With names like Tarantino, Lee, and Zombie, the final month of the season pulls out all the film geek stops. Still, the only guarantee is familiarity, not freshness.

 

Summer of Same: July 2009

by Bill Gibron

[29.Apr.09] :. In a rare attempt at novelty, July jets along with only Harry Potter and the Ice Age crew sampling continuing series spoils. The rest provide unknown pleasures.

 

Summer of Same: May 2009

by Bill Gibron

[27.Apr.09] :. May's titles include the fourth films in two aging franchises, more Pixar perfection, and the reboot of a TV series from 40 years ago. And they say there are no new ideas.

 

Hulk: Revisited

by Bill Gibron

[9.Jun.08] :. In preparation for the franchise reboot starring Edward Norton, SE&L looks back at Ang Lee's 2003 version of the Big Green Meanie, a criminally marginalized movie that truly didn't deserve the critical or commercial drubbing it took at the time.

 

The Other Boleyn Girl

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Feb.08] :. Based on the bodice-ripping novel by Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl is, in a word, ridiculous.

 

Lucky You (2006)

by Brett Parker

[9.May.07] :. A good movie about poker, but only good enough to appeal to those who enjoy watching card games on TV.

 

Lucky You (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.May.07] :. The cuts are obvious, the rhythms sluggish, and the dialogue redundant, as if the movie's afraid you've missed it the first time.

 

Monkey Business (Part 1: May)

by Bill Gibron

[1.May.07] :. Talk about frontloading your approach. Each week in this first full month of patented popcorn movies finds another famous franchise icon making a major blockbuster bow. Only truly disastrous results from these guaranteed crowd-pleasers will keep the coffers from clogging with cash.

 

Munich (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Dec.05] :. Munich is about the shifting meaning the city's name took on after that dire moment in 1972, the shorthand it became for survivors, historians, and avengers.

 

Black Hawk Down: Superbit (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Jun.04] :. Black Hawk Down illustrates well the absurdity and chaos of urban warfare: there's no ground to be won, no victory to be claimed.

 

Troy (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.May.04] :. According to Troy, war is all about reputation.

 

The Hulk (2003)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[19.Jun.03] :. In Hulk, the comic books' critique of institutional authority and the way U.S. culture perceives and deals with difference is evacuated.

 

Black Hawk Down (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Jun.02] :. An action movie dressed up like an art film, 'Black Hawk Down' is not about betrayal or anger, but heroism and patriotic fervor.

 

Chopper (2000)

by Nikki Tranter

It's a confrontational, if manipulative, style, never offering excuses for Chopper's behaviour. There's no obligatory flashback to an unfavourable childhood. There's no real evidence of the influence of drugs. He is who is because he is. That's it.

 

Black Hawk Down (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

An action movie dressed up like an art film, 'Black Hawk Down' is not about betrayal or anger, but heroism and patriotic fervor.